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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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These are: Customer Segments – An organization serves one or several customer segments. Process : This business model design has 5 phases; Mobilize, Understand, Design, Implement and Manage. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). John Sullivan FORA.tv

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What 40 Years of Research Reveals About the Difference Between Disruptive and Radical Innovation

Harvard Business Review

“If you went to bed last night as an industrial company, you’re going to wake up this morning as a software and analytics company.” It was the initial encroachment from the low-end of the market that made Netflix disruptive. Netflix was founded in 1997; Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010.

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Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy

Harvard Business Review

Given that companies are putting more than $14 billion a year into charitable causes, measuring results and ensuring real social impact should be important goals. As Nike's Senior Portfolio Manager Adam Day says, "The global development sector had overlooked the enormous potential of investing in adolescent girls to reduce global poverty.

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Big Bets vs. Little Bets and the future of HP

Harvard Business Review

Ned Barnholt is the former CEO of Agilent Technologies, the measurement company, and these days he's one of the more respected executives in Silicon Valley. HP had grown so large, to about $30 billion in sales, that Barnholt and other senior managers felt pinched to reach their double-digit growth goals. HP rise had been remarkable.

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Google, Don't Choose Micromanagement

Harvard Business Review

If your company had just announced a 27% increase in revenues in this market, you'd probably be quite happy. And you'd think the market would be, too. Like many other companies that have a core product line, Google is struggling to find its next market. Giddy even. But, for Google, analysts seem decidedly unhappy.

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Open Source Software Hits a Strategic Tipping Point

Harvard Business Review

Based on surveys my colleagues at Gartner and I have conducted over the past several years, mainstream adopters of IT solutions across a widening array of market segments are rapidly gaining confidence in the use of open source software, with many now stressing its valuable features more than its risks. Source: Gartner.

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Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. Fiber investments by former telephone companies have accelerated or restarted. PM Images/Getty Images.